SYNOPSIS 271 



SPECIES NOT EXAMINED, BUT WHICH APPEAR 

 TO STAND ON GOOD AUTHORITY.* 



N. PUSILLA, Vieillot, 1823. 



Le Sucrier, Le Vaill. Ois. d'Af. vi. p. 172, pi. 298, M. & 

 F. Le Souimanga Sucrier, Cinnyris pusillus, Vieill. Enc. 

 Method, p. 587. 



J The back, back of the neck, up. w.-covers, scapulars, and 

 the last w.-feathers near the back, deep reddish purple (ma- 

 x ). The rump and up. t.-covers bright violet. Head and 

 foie part of the neck changing green, with blue and purple 

 reflections ; all the lower parts of the body, including the 

 lower t.-covers, reddish orange, dullest on the higher parts ; 

 quills black with blue reflections. Size of the common wren. 



$? Yellowish olive upon the head, back of the neck, upper 

 parts of the body, and w. ; the throat and fore part of the neck 

 very pale yellow, becoming deeper on the breast and flanks, 

 and again changing to a paler tint on the vent. 



Hob. Forests in the vicinity of Vanstaade and Loury, Le 



Vaill Note.. Known by the fig. and descript. of Le Vaillant. 



Authority for above characters : pusilla is kept, that name of 

 Linn, being applied to a female or young of some species. 

 Should stand near A 7 . colloids or venusfa. 



N. RECTIROSTRIS, Shaw, 1811. 



Le Souimanga a bee droit, Vieill. Ois. Dor. pi. Ixxv. p. 112. 

 Le Souimanga mignon, Cinnyris elegans, Vieill. Enc. 



* Sir W. Jardine will be obliged for the use of any of the 

 species mentioned in this division, or of any that appear to 

 have been omitted, so that a complete and extended Synopsis 

 may be made out ; particularly birds from Madagascar, Ceylon, 

 Borneo, Philippine Islands. The skins transmit safely by Post, 

 and will be carefully returned so soon as they have been 

 examined. 



